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Pressure Cooker Spaghetti Squash Chicken Chow Mein

March 20, 2017 By Jill Selkowitz / Comment Updated January 26, 2020 / As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs I earn from qualifying purchases; see all disclosures.

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Spaghetti Squash Chicken Chow Mein, is a Lower Calorie Weight Watchers alternative to using Chow Mein Noodles. Quickly and easily made in an Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker.

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  • What is Chow Mein?
  • What Ingredients are in Chicken Chow Mein?
  • How do you make Chow Mein Sauce?
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  • Pressure Cooker Spaghetti Squash Chicken Chow Mein

Pressure Cooker Spaghetti Squash Chicken Chow Mein

Pressure Cooker Spaghetti Squash Chicken Chow Mein

Pressure Cooker Spaghetti Squash Chicken Chow Mein

I’m always trying to lose weight and what better way, then with delicious food?

Low calorie, but delicious recipes which do not taste like I’m on a diet is my kind of recipe.

Spaghetti Squash is so wonderful to use in place of Spaghetti Noodles.

My Pressure Cooker Spaghetti Squash and Meat Sauce is a recipe, which I have been making for over 20 years.

It is so delicious and when I used to do make-up in Hollywood, the Craft Services people would make sure to have a nice batch for me and another make-up artist.

A few years ago, I converted it to my Instant Pot and Pressure Cooker.

Head over to my Pressure Cooker Spaghetti Squash recipe and prepare the Squash before starting this recipe.

 

Cast of Ingredients Pressure Cooker Spaghetti Squash Chicken Chow Mein

Cast of Ingredients Pressure Cooker Spaghetti Squash Chicken Chow Mein

What is Chow Mein?

Chow Mein is stir-fried noodles.

Depending on where you are in the Word, Chow Mein may mean something different.

In Florida, where I grew up, we called this dish “Lo Mein.”

Here in California, the stir fried noodles are called “Chow Mein.”

Chow Mein is popular in many Countries.

The similarities are that the dish contains meat, vegetables and generally, a brown sauce.

It is totally a customizable dish and can be prepared different each time, if new flavors are desired.

 

Lightly Sauté the Onions and Celery

Lightly Sauté the Onions and Celery

What Ingredients are in Chicken Chow Mein?

  • Chicken
  • Onions
  • Celery
  • Garlic
  • Cabbage
  • Bean Sprouts

This recipe is flexible and if you like other vegetables, such as broccoli, go a head and add it in after pressure has been released.

 

Quickly Brown the Chicken on All Sides

Quickly Brown the Chicken on All Sides

The Potato Starch will keep the Chicken from drying out.

You just want to brown the sides a little, just enough, so the Starch adheres to the Chicken.

This is one of my favorite tips and tricks, so make sure to always have Potato Starch on hand.

Don’t you hate having to add a slurry at the end of a recipe?

So often, the Starch won’t cook enough and the Sauce will have a raw taste.

 

Deglaze with Shaoxing Wine

Deglaze with Shaoxing Wine

Shaoxing Wine takes the flavor up another level.

If you do not have Shaoxing (and why don’t you), I suggest using a good Dry Sherry, one that is for drinking.

They are almost interchangeable in results. Shaoxing Wine is usually much cheaper than Sherry.

How do you make Chow Mein Sauce?

Sauce Ingredients

  • Soy Sauce
  • Oyster Sauce
  • Sweet/Sweet/Black Soy Sauce
  • Fish Sauce
  • Dark Soy Sauce
  • Pure Sesame Oil

Grab a Mixing Cup  and Whisk the Sauce ingredients together.

It will get added in after all the ingredients and before the more delicate vegetables.

 

Mix in the Cabbage

Mix in the Cabbage

For more texture, add in half the Cabbage before pressure cooking.

And half of it afterwards, when you add the Spaghetti Squash.

The residual heat will cook the Cabbage and warm up the Spaghetti Sqaush.

Simmer if needed to thicken the Sauce or cook the Cabbage more.

 

Instant Spaghetti Squash Chicken Chow Mein

Instant Spaghetti Squash Chicken Chow Mein

Other Weight Watchers Recipes You May Enjoy!

Pressure Cooker Healthy Inside Out Egg Rolls

Pressure Cooker Picadillo Stuffed Delicata Squash

Low Carb Air Fryer Radish Hash Browns

Pressure Cooker Americana Wedding Soup

I’d love to hear from you once you have tried out this recipe.

Tag me on Instagram using #This_Old_Gal and show me a photo!

 

Kitchen Equipment and Essentials

  • Instant Pot DUO Plus 60 Pressure Cooker
  • J.A. Henckels Classic 7-inch Hollow Edge Santoku Knife
  • Amco Advanced Performance 18/10 Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons
  • Simply Gourmet (Dry) Stainless Steel Measuring Cups
  • Anchor Hocking Glass (Liquid) Measuring Cups
  • Rösle Stainless Steel Flat Whisk– a MUST have, probably my most used utensil
  • Cilio Olivewood Spatula
  • Rachael Ray Stoneware EVOO Oil Dispensing Bottle
  • 3 ounce Porcelain Dipping/Condiment Bowls
  • My FANTASTIC Teak Cutting & Charcuterie Board & Compartments
  • 3.5 Quart Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl
  • Sweet/Black Soy Sauce (also called Sweet Soy Sauce)
  • Red Boat Fish Sauce or  Three Crabs Brand Fish Sauce
  • Bob Mills Potato Starch
  • Chinese Five Spice
  • Kadoya Pure Sesame Oil

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Here is the handy printable recipe:

Pressure Cooker Spaghetti Squash Chicken Chow Mein

Instant Spaghetti Squash Chicken Chow Mein

Pressure Cooker Spaghetti Squash Chicken Chow Mein

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Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: American Chinese, Asian, Chinese, Chinese Take-Out, Indian
Prep Time: 24 minutes
Cook Time: 2 minutes
Pressure Release: 5 minutes
Total Time: 26 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Calories:
Author: Jill Selkowitz

Ingredients

  • 2 Tablespoons Peanut Oil or Vegetable Oil
  • 1/2 cup Yellow/Brown Onion chopped
  • 1/2 cup Fresh Celery diced
  • 4 cloves Fresh Garlic minced
  • 1 Tablespoon Fresh Ginger Root minced
  • 1.5 pounds Chicken cut into 1.5 inch pieces
  • 3 Tablespoons Potato Starch (or cornstarch)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Ground White Pepper
  • 1/16 teaspoon Chinese Five Spice
  • 1/4 cup Shaoxing Wine
  • 1 pound Cole Slaw Mix
  • 1 cup Sugar Snap Seas optional
  • 4 cups Prepared Spaghetti Squash strands removed
  • 2 cups Bean Sprouts
  • 2 Scallions sliced

Sauce

  • 2 Tablespoons Soy Sauce, Low Sodium
  • 1.5 Tablespoons Oyster Sauce
  • 2 teaspoons Sweet/Black Soy Sauce
  • 2 teaspoons Premium Fish Sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon Dark Soy Sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon Pure Sesame Oil

Instructions

  • Prepare Spaghetti Squash according to recipe.  Scrape out strands and set aside.
  • Place Chicken, Potato Starch, White Pepper and Chinese Five Spice into a medium bowl and mix to coat Chicken
  • Whisk together Sauce ingredients and set aside.
  • Select Saute or Browning on your Pressure Cooker and allow to fully heat.
  • Add Oil, Celery and Onions and Saute for 1 minute.
  • Add Chicken pieces to cooking pot and brown on each side, about 3 seconds a side (just enough for the Starch to adhere to Chicken). 
  • Add Garlic and Ginger and mix through. 
  • Pour in Shoaxing Wine and deglaze cooking pot, making sure to scrape up anything stuck on the bottom.  Turn off Pressure Cooker.
  • Pour in Sauce and mix through.  Place Snow Peas and Cabbage on top.  Do not mix through.
  • Lock on Lid and close Pressure Valve.  Cook at High Pressure for 2 minutes.  When Beep sounds, wait 5 minutes and then release the rest of the Pressure.
  • Remove Lid and mix in Scallions, Spaghetti Squash and Bean Sprouts.
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